Probably more than you’re getting
From: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM via EurekAlert.
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researcher Lydia DonCarlos, PhD, is a member of an expert panel that's making new recommendations on how much sleep people need.
The panel, convened by the National Sleep Foundation, is making
its recommendations based on age, ranging from newborns (who need 14 to 17
hours of sleep per day) to adults aged 65 and up (7 to 8 hours per day).
In the new guidelines, there's a wider range of what constitutes a
good night's sleep. For example, the expert panel recommends that teens (ages
14 to 17) get 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night. The previous guideline had a
narrower recommended range of 8.5 to 9.5 hours per night.
Dr. DonCarlos and other experts on the multidisciplinary panel examined findings from 320 studies reporting sleep duration findings for healthy individuals, effects of reduced or prolonged sleep duration and health consequences of too much or too little sleep. Results are published in Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.
"The process was very rigorous," Dr. DonCarlos said. Dr.
DonCarlos is a professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology of
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
The expert panel consists of 12 representatives, including Dr.
DonCarlos, who were selected by medical organizations; and six sleep experts
selected by the National Sleep Foundation. Dr. DonCarlos represents the
American Association of Anatomists.
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